This is probably way off-topic, but do integrated pc speakers (not the "beep" kind..) exist for desktop PC's?
I'm building a "mobile" box, and the only cables I need so far are power and monitor output. I also got a headset but I've never been a fan, so I wondered if I can put the speakers inside the case, maybe on a drive bay?
I can probably use some old speakers and pull it off messing with some cables, but I was looking for a neat solution.
Any ideas?
With the proper drivers, integrated motherboard speakers actually can produce some decent sound, if you have a driver that can take advantage of that. I remember that back in the day on my old 486SX running Windows 3.11, the box didn't have a sound card, so to get sound working, I found a driver that let it use the integrated motherboard speaker as an audio device. The sound quality was very tinny, but it sounded just fine. For your purposes this might be adequate (provided that your motherboard has an on-board speaker). I have not seeked out any audio drivers for later versions of Windows that would do this, however, so you would have to investigate that yourself.
Did a quick search and Microsoft has a KB article that describes a download that fulfills just this feature, albeit it's for Windows 95/98/ME, so it probably won't work on modern, NT-based systems. However, something like this would be what I'd look for, provided you have an integrated PC speaker.
Most small form factor computers from Lenovo that I've worked with produce full audio range (not just system "beeps") from their built-in case speakers.
The speakers are good enough for voice, but are underwhelming for music of any sort. They connect to the speaker jumper on the motherboard. On a "normal" mainboard it could probably be connected to the front panel audio riser.
